Lard-press.



E.. HARMAN.

LARD PRESS.

1121110111011 FILED PEB, 4,'1910.

Patented July 12,1910.

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ri rn EFFIE HARMAN, OF TGPSEY, TEXAS.

LARD-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 4, 1910.

Patented July 12, 1910. serial No. 542,029.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Errrn HARMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topsey, in the county or Coi-yell and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lard-Presses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in hand pressures and more particularly to one adapted for use in rendering lard.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical device of this character which will be convenient and effective in use, and which may be produced at a comparatively small cost.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through my improved lard press showing the plunger in lowered position in full lines, and elevated position in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device with parts broken away and in section; Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 1; Figs. 4, 5 and 6, are detail sectional views taken re spectively on the planes indicated by the lines 4-4, 5 -5 and 6 6 in Fig. 2 and Fig. 7 is a detail View showing another form of hinge connection which may be used in place of the one shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

My improved lard press consists of two hand levers 1, 2 pivotally united at one end, and one carrying a receptacle 3 provided with a perforated or foraminous bottom and adapted to receive a plunger 4 carried by the other lever. Each of the levers 1, 2, is preferably constructed from a single piece of heavy wire or metal rod bent to provide two parallel side portions 5, between which latter the receptacle 3 and plunger' 4 are mounted. The wire at the handle end of each lever is bent to provide a long loop 6, which latter is covered with sheet metal 7, the edges of said metal sheet being rolled inwardly around the wire as clearly shown at 8 in Figs. 1 and 5. The inner portion of each of the metal plates or sheets 7 is enlarged and centrally recessed to provide diverging portions 9, which latter effectively unite and space apart the parallel portions 5 of the wire. The wire at the hinged or pivoted end of each lever is bent inwardly at right angles as shown at 10 to provide cross portions 11, and in the formation of the upper lever 2 the two extremities of the wire are formed with coils l2 which provide hinge eyes, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4. In the formation of the lower hand lever l the two extremities of the wire may abut, as indicated at 13 in Fig. 5, and a cross or connecting portion 11 of this wire has a laterally offset central part 14 which serves as a pivot or pintle, and about which the coils 12 are formed, see Fig. 4.

The receptacle 3 which receives the fat or other material to be pressed, is preferably of cylindrical shape and constructed of sheet metal. The plunger 4 is preferably of similar shape and construction and, of course, is of slightly less diameter than the receptacle 3 so that it will fit within the same, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. The upper edges of the receptacle 3 and plunger 4 are formed at diamet-rically opposite points with flanges or tongues 15 which are bent around the straight parallel portions 5 of the wires of the two levers to unite said parts to the latter. The intermediate portions of the upper edges of the receptacle and plunger are similarly bent or rolled, as shown at 1G, around simicircular reinforcing wires 17 which latter have their extremities bent to form eyes 18 arranged on the portions 5 of the wires and disposed on opposite sides of the flanges or tongues 15, as will be readily understood on reference to Figs. 1 and 6. Instead of using the hinge 12, 14, for uniting the two levers or members of the device I may employ hook and eye hinges such as shown in Fig. 7. Two of the last mentioned hinges are preferably provided and they permit the levers to be disconnected, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing it will be seen that my improved device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is strong and durable, and that it may be conveniently used for rendering lard, pressing the juices from fruits and vegetables and for analogous purposes.

While I have shown and described in detail the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the precise construction set forth, since various changes in the form, proportion and arrangement of parts, and in the details of construction, may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

l. A device of the character described, comprising a pair of hand levers each consisting of a single piece of wire bent to provide spaced side portions, a hand loop, and a cross portion, the cross portion of one wire having a laterally oiiset pivot portion, and the cross portion of the other wire being coiled to form a hinge eye to receive said pivot portion, a receptacle mounted between the side portions of one lever and having a foraminous bottom, and a co-acting plunger mounted on the side portions of the other lever.

2. A device of the character' described, comprising a pair of hand levers each consisting of a single piece of wire bent to provide spaced side portions, a hand loop, and a cross portion, the cross portion of one wire having a laterally offset pivot portion, and the cross portion of the other wire being coiled to form a hinge eye to receive said pivot portion, metal plates covering the hand loop portions of the two levers and having' their edges bent around said wires, the inner portions of said plates being enlarged and bent around the side portions of the wires to unite and space them apart, and a receptacle carried by the side portions of one lever and having a foraminous bottom, and a plunger carried by the side portions of the other lever and adapted to enter said receptacle.

3. A device of the character described comprising a pair of hand levers each con sisting of a single piece of wire bent to provide spaced side portions, a hand loop, and

a cross portion, the cross portion of one wire having a laterally offset pivot portion, and the cross portion of the other wire being coiled to form a hinge eye to receive said pivot portion, metal plates covering the hand loop portions of the two levers and having their edges bent around said wires, the inner portions of said plates being enlarged and bent around the side portions of the wires to unite and space them apart, a sheet metal receptacle having a perforated bottom and sheet metal plunger to enter said receptacle, and reinforcing wires having eyes bent around the side portions of the two levers, said wires being disposed on opposite sides of the receptacle and plunger, and the upper edges of said receptacle and plunger being bent around said reinforcing wires, and also around the side portions of the levers, substantially as shown and described.

et. A device of the character described, comprising pivotally united hand levers each having spaced side portions, a sheet metal receptacle having a foraminous bottom, a

sheet metal plunger to enter said receptacle,

and reinforcing wires having their extremities bent around the side portions of said levers, said wires being'disposed on opposite sides of the plunger and receptacle and having the upper edges of said plunger and receptacle bent around'them, dianietrically opposite portions of the upper edges of the plunger and receptacle being `bent around the side portions of the levers, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereoil I hereunto afix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. EFFIE HARMAN. Vitnesses MINNIE Hannan, WV. A. ADAMS. 

